VGA coolers,....

[cHoLoCoY]

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i have a BFG NVidia GeForce 7800 GTX OC,..... temp. gets pretty high when playin' game's,.....
Idle : 47-50C
load : 67-70C

i was about to buy a Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (Rev.3),.... but i saw other VGA coolers dat also had some good reviews:

Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (Rev.3)
[img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-186-133-01.JPG[/img] [img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-186-133-04.JPG[/img]

Zalman VF900-CU
[img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-001-02.JPG[/img] [img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-001-03.JPG[/img]

Zalman VF700-CU
[img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-117-02.JPG[/img] [img width=500 height=375]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/35-118-117-04.JPG[/img]

Do you guys have any other suggestions??

[gtjr_ph]

get the nv silencer because it sucks heat out from your gpu.....

[fish]

arctic cooling is the better cooling for your card.

[EarlZ]

id prefer the Artic cooling since it uses DHES and on my rig if i use the zalman tabla rana im cooling my videocard but heating-up my entire system and messing with the air flow kay tanan nakong fans is super low speed and low noise so if gamit kog zalman il be cycling the hot air inside my case.

[cHoLoCoY]

good advice EarlZ,.....

but wat if i get another card and go SLi?? (and install Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 on both v-cards,....)
i heard dat it doesnt leave alot of breathing space for the v-card on the top,....

[fish]

mao sad naang drawback sa arctic cooling... kay dako kaayo.

[cHoLoCoY]

wat about the temp. difference between the 3 of this VGA coolerz??
w/c cools down the VGA better??

right now,... the arctic cooling is on the top of my list,....
i could either order a VGA cooler this week or next week,.......or just wait a few months and water cool everyhing,..... (CPU,... VGA,.. chipset,...)

is it worth goin' water cooling,...?
how much is a complete water cooling setup? like $200Â* or $250 ?

[EarlZ]

good advice EarlZ,.....

but wat if i get another card and go SLi?? (and install Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 on both v-cards,....)
i heard dat it doesnt leave alot of breathing space for the v-card on the top,....

Then you need a motherboard

PCIe 16x

space

PCIe 1x / 8x

Space

PCIe 16x

Theres more than enough space for it
theres more than enough of a head room

[cHoLoCoY]

wat kind of mobo?

i already have a ABiT Falat1ty AN8 SLi mobo,..... there's like a 1 1/2 or 2" of space in between the 2 PCIe,.....
2 stock 7800 GTX OC would fit just nicely,....Â* Â*but if both v-card's have acrtic cooling,....... its just gonna be alil' bit of space for breathing room,... maybe like 1 or 2cm of space with the acrtic cooling,.... datz my guess,...

[fatsu]

@cHoLoCoY :
bro sa fatal1ty na mobo dli jud mo fit ang sli with vid cards na naka artic cooling.
basin ang mga asus or dfi expert mo fit.
hmm i m using the fatal1ty vid card coolers. ako pa gi piko ang luyo sa isa para ma sulod pag sli.